RESET
1. Restore to Factory Settings:
2. Press Option, use the up and down arrows to select RESET.
3. Press and hold Pinpoint button.
4. All options return to factory settings.
Discrimination
Each of the MX Sport programs begins with Discrimination set-
tings pre-selected for most hunting.
The MX Sport has the ability to accept or reject
metaltypesbasedontheirconductivityand/or
electricalphase.Targetconductivity/phaseis
indicated on the display VDI scale (Visual Discrim-
ination Indication) with a VDI reference number.
By learning what targets consistently indicate
specific VDI numbers, you can be sure to accept
or reject the different target VDI ranges that
interest you.
Many types of targets share similar VDI number
ranges.Forexamplegoldjewelryofvariedsizes/
types shares the same VDI number range as
aluminumofvariedsizes/types.Deeperdepths
suggest the target being heavier gold; shallow
depth indications suggest the target being light-
er-weight aluminum. However, due to the wide
variety of gold alloys and sizes, to find all the gold
jewelry, digging lead, pull tabs, and screw caps is
to be expected.
Trash metals (iron) often produce some beep,
different from an accepted good target. In most
cases, iron will produce a broken or inconsistent
tone whereas an accepted good target produces
a more consistent beep.
The display can help, but an inconsistent tone is most likely a
rejected target. If you have trouble recognizing these inconsis-
tent beeps and displays, find the sweep speed that enhances the
rejection sound to the point you can recognize it when compared
to the sound of a good target. Accuracy is greatly increased
sweepingthecenterofthetarget.Pinpoint(press√/Xand“x”
thearea,returntoDiscrimination(press√/Xagain),thenpass
the search coil over target center and note the sound and display
indication.
When a metal target doesn’t indicate as expected, peculiarities
within that metal’s alloy mix (metal types) are usually to blame.
As alloyed steel bottle caps age, the iron deteriorates and the
better (non-iron) alloys remain and become prominent (e.g., very
old bottle caps are likely to indicate as quarters). The longer they
areintheground,themoretheirondissolvesandthestronger/
better the non-iron looks to a metal detector. Soil conditions,
corrosion factors, depth, and other variables can skew the audio
and display indications and, thus, Discrimination settings. Used
properly, however, Discrimination will more than double your time
spent digging valued targets. The point is to reject the most com-
mon trash and accept the most common good targets. The MX
Sport has 20 rejection ranges. Discrimination comes already set
up for the Program you have selected.
To Customize Discrimination:
It is sometimes necessary to customize discrimination for tar-
getsyouwanttoaccept/reject.Ironwilllikelyjumpalloverthe
scale inconsistently. You can only reject the first range for iron.
For other targets that indicate consistently in a range, identify
and then reject that range.
1. Press Options and use up & down arrows to select Discrimi-
nation.
2. Use the +or - buttons to select the desired range you want
to change, indicated by the flashing curser. Press pinpoint
button to toggle between accepting or rejecting that range.
The pinpoint button changes that range from reject (solid
indicator bar) to accept (blank indicator bar) or from accept
(blank indicator bar) to reject (solid indicator bar).
3. Press Options to exit, or wait 10–15 seconds for the Options
mode to automatically time out.
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